POL SCI 6 · POLISCI 6Introduction to Data Analysis
Political Science · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Not open for credit to students with credit for course 6R. Introduction to collection and analysis of political data, with emphasis on application of statistical reasoning to study of relationships among political variables. Use of computer as aid in analyzing data from various fields of political science, among them comparative politics, international relations, American politics, and public administration.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Winter 2026
- Fall 2026
- Winter 2027
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
POL SCI 6
- POL SCI 170AStudies in Statistical Analysis of Political Data
- POL SCI M170XCausality X
- ENVIRON 134Environmental Economics with Data Analysis
- PUB AFF 111Microeconomics: Market Failures and Inequality
- SOCIOL 199Directed Research in Sociology
- STATS M169Causality X
6 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 6 courses over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.